This may destroy Japan’s economy in future – Jim Rogers Blog – 01-17-14

Salient to Investors: Jim Rogers writes: The Japanese Central Bank said it will print unlimited amounts of money, is doing it, and 20 years from now people will say that is what killed Japan. In the meantime, all the money will go into Japanese shares. Read the full article at http://jimrogers-blog.blogspot.com/2014/01/this-may-destroy-japans-economy-in.html

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Irrational Exuberance Overtakes Asia – Bloomberg 12-12-13

Salient to Investors: William Pesek is  writes: The “Greenspan put” that flooded markets with cash whenever things got dicey has become the default position in Washington, while in Asia there is an even more dangerous escalation of this policy in papering over cracks in economies that desperately need tougher, structural

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Summers’s Stagnation Draws Doubt From Hatzius: Cutting Research – Bloomberg 12-12-13

Salient to Investors: David Mericle and Jan Hatzius at Goldman Sachs said: US economic weaknesses are more cyclical than secular. US growth will rebound in 2014 to as high as 3.5 percent versus the 2.25 percent average recovery rate so far. The slow rate of recovery is in line with

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Leading Japan Economist Says Abe On Right Track, But BOJ a Risk – The Wall Street Journal 12-05-13

Salient to Investors: Richard Koo at Nomura Research Institute said: Abenomics is finally addressing Japan’s fundamental economic problem: getting households and businesses to borrow. In this balance-sheet recession, consumers preferred to aggressively pay down debt instead of spending following the burst of the asset price bubble in the early 1990s. Companies

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